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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1993, 10:01 PM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1993, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1993, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 180302 TORICT KSC099-125-180330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1001 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN LABETTE COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 958 PM CDT...COFFEYVILLE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE. RADAR ALSO INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST LABETTE OR 15 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COFFEYVILLE..EDNA..AND VALEDA SHOULD GO TO THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS AT ONCE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANK ETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NOONAN &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 438 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 263 CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 430 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN RENO COUNTY...30 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR THE TOWNS OF SYLVIA AND TURON BY 500 PM. IF TREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO MANHATTAN. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED AROUND COFFEYVILLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE INCREASED SINCE 330 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 438 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 263 CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 430 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN RENO COUNTY...30 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR THE TOWNS OF SYLVIA AND TURON BY 500 PM. IF TREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO MANHATTAN. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED AROUND COFFEYVILLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE INCREASED SINCE 330 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 438 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH # 263 CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 430 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN RENO COUNTY...30 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR THE TOWNS OF SYLVIA AND TURON BY 500 PM. IF TREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO MANHATTAN. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED AROUND COFFEYVILLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE INCREASED SINCE 330 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 67 min |
| May 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 60 min |
| May 17, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 52 min |
| May 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 58 min |
| May 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| May 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
| May 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 61 min |
| May 17, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 63 min |
| May 17, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| May 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.